There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThere is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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